Economic policy-making has long been more integrated than social policy-making in part
because the statistics and much of the analysis that supports economic policy are based on a
common conceptual framework – the system ...

This paper discusses recent policy trends, the changing role of the various actors in the
system, international comparisons and a range of other social policy topics. The
immediate purpose of the paper is to examine the ...

The Olivia framework is a set of concepts and measures that, when mature, will allow users to describe, in a consistent and integrated manner, everything about individuals and institutions that is of potential interest to ...